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Joe Dietrich

 
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About Me

I’m an experienced product professional with extensive communication, presentation, and public speaking skills. I’m passionate about leveraging technology to enhance efficiency and effectiveness. I’m skilled in managing relationships between highly technical personnel and non-technical stakeholders with a focus on delivering the right solutions and appropriate level of care.

People are at the core of what I do.


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Clio Awards, LLC

August 2021-Present

Director of Product

 

Lead product strategist for all Clio properties including core revenue-generating entry management and judging system, content platform, and extensive gallery of global advertisements

  • Spearheaded a full reimagining of the Clio entry system with a focus on B2B growth and user experience, resulting in 30% YoY increase in revenue, from a 6% decrease from the previous year.
  • Coordinated a relaunch of the global ad gallery based on user interviews and feedback, with a complete redesign and rebuild on Ruby on Rails, leading to an 11% average increase in monthly active users over the previous version
  • Supervised three cross-functional teams of content managers, developers, sysops engineers, and QA staff by setting priorities, organizing backlogs, and running daily standups
  • Introduced efficiencies and policies that reduced month-to-month Clio AWS expenses by 15%
  • Successfully executed judging events by providing on-site technical and operational support, delivering staff training, and offering business and workflow expertise

Clio Awards, LLC

July 2018-August 2021

Senior Product Manager

 

Product and technical team lead responsible for the entry management system and content site

  • Collaborated with internal and external development teams to deliver faster and more efficient workflows for entrants, resulting in 5% less time spent on site by marketing and sales team members
  • Orchestrated a fast pivot to a fully virtual live judging format from traditional in-person events using the Kaltura conferencing platform and custom judging system, involving over 300 jurors and creative professionals and 8 successful judging events
  • Facilitated daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives
  • Performed final acceptance tests of bug fixes and new features

Clio Awards, LLC

July 2018-August 2021

Product Manager

 

Product team member on the entry management and judging system

  • Prioritized product backlog based on user surveys and error reports, reducing customer service requests by 50% week over week
  • Worked closely with sales and marketing teams to understand operational and system-specific pain points to inform product strategy
  • Performed manual regression testing of all Clio properties, using JIRA to report errors to development teams to ensure error-free releases
  • Moderated discussion rooms with C-level executives during live judging events

Project Manager, Systems

The Metropolitan Opera

August 2012 – February 2017

 

Led company-wide software initiatives, including a casting, budgeting, and planning system to manage over 200 performances per year

  • Gathered user requirements, wrote specification documentation, and laid out project roadmaps
  • Created, collected, and prioritized bug reports and system enhancement requests
  • Acted as primary point of contact for remote developers and consultants
  • Designed portions of the UX
  • Developed user documentation
  • Built reporting and data management solutions using C#, Access, Excel, etc.

Assistant to the Company Manager, Contracts

The Metropolitan Opera

August 2010 - July 2012

 

Added workflow automation while creating and tracking contracts for hundreds of artists

 
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Languages and Frameworks

  • JavaScript
  • React
  • Node
  • Ruby
  • Rails
  • SQL
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Drupal

Infrastructure and Tools

  • AWS Route 53
  • AWS CloudFront
  • AWS EC2
  • AWS RDS
  • AWS S3
  • AWS MediaConvert
  • Git
  • BitBucket
  • Heroku

Business Intelligence and Analytics

  • Sisense
  • Google Analytics
  • Google Tag Manager
  • FullStory

Ticketing and Documentation

  • JIRA
  • Basecamp
  • Confluence

Design and Wireframing

  • Sketch
  • Figma
  • Whiteboarding
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Flatiron School

Fullstack Development - Bootcamp completion

The New School

Mannes College - Master of Music

The George Washington University

BA Summa cum laude

 
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You can find me on LinkedIn!